 On March 7, 1815 Captain Callaway and three soldiers (James McMillin, Parks Hutchings, Frank McDermid) were killed after pursuing Sauk and Fox Indians who had stolen horses from settlers.Captain Callaway, with Lieutenant Riggs and fourteen men left Fort Clemson, on Loutre Island, in pursuit of the Indians.While they first recaptured the horses about 12 miles away guarded mostly by squaws, the Army group was later fired upon by the Indian warriors.